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Social Media Case Studies

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Overview of social media <ul><li>Combination of social interaction and web technologies to: </li></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Communicate, engage, develop and be part of communities </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Internally and externally for organisations </li></ul></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Create and share content and information across networks </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Build and extend networks through interaction </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Listen and participate in discussions, threads and develop ideas and relationships </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Learn from community (crowdsourcing) </li></ul></ul></ul>

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Benefits of social media <ul><li>Listening </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Crucial to hear what the public is saying about you </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Both positive and negative </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>The web now operates in real time – Brands need to hear what is said about them in real-time </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Engage with Customers </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Once you know what is being said about you – you can then interact directly </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Community Advantage </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Build real communities online and offline </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Build long lasting relationships and trust with customers </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Instant polling and research opportunity with customers </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Reduce customer acquisition costs </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Increase customer retentions </li></ul></ul>

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Associated risks <ul><li>Loss of control of the conversation </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Two way communication </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Openly negative transmissions </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Using social channel as a marketing or PR conduit </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Broadcast as opposed to engagement </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Can be a difficult persona for brands to adopt </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Reveal a human voice of a corporate identity </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>What it is that voice? </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><li>Starting – and then not following through </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Inevitable criticism </li></ul></ul>